Difference between forUpdate keyword and selectForUpdate()

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what is the difference between select forupdate tablebuffer; statement and tablebuffer.selectforupdate() in AX 2012?

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Mahmoud Hakim 17,887 on at

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Hi Surendra Konatham

selectForUpdate Method return true or false

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/xrecord.selectforupdate.aspx

and select for update table buffer, selects records for update only. Depending on the underlying database, the records might be locked for other users

docs.microsoft.com/.../xpp-data-query

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Surendra,

it all depends on your implementation.

May be you want to fetch data from table and then put an if condition on some records if you want to update the particular record.

e.g.

Select * from table; if(table.RecId) { if(table.value == "Xyz") { table.selectforupdate(true); //perform update } else { //perform your logic } }

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Thank u

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Erling Damsgaard 25 on at

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Noooooooooooooooooo

You have misunderstood the method, TOTALLY!

The selectForUpdate(..) method is used to set a property on the buffer, so that next time a select is performed the record is locked (if selectForUpdate(true) is used).

The method do not reselect the record.

Here is how the bestpratice find method should be created on a table:

static InventTable find(ItemIditemId, boolean update = false) { InventTable inventTable; inventTable.selectForUpdate(update); if (itemId) { select firstonly inventTable index hint ItemIdx where inventTable.itemId == itemId; } return inventTable; }

Please see the documentation for AX/Dynamics 365:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/unified-operations/dev-itpro/dev-ref/xpp-data-query#transactional-integrity

If you didnt know about how to make a find method and why:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa879893.aspx

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa672421.aspx

/Erling Damsgaard

Optimate, D365 Developer since Atlanta (code name for AX in 1997)

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Hossein.K 6,648 on at

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Hi Surendra,

You can use SQL statements, either interactively or within source code, to access and retrieve data that is stored in the database. You use the following statements for data manipulation:

select – Select the data to modify.

insert – Add one or more new records to a table.

update – Modify data in existing table records.

delete – Remove existing records from a table.

Before any data can be changed, you must use a select statement to select the data to update. The select forUpdate command selects records for update only. The insert, update, and delete statements perform operations on one record at a time. The array insert, insert_recordset, RecordInsertList, and update_recordset statements perform operations on multiple records at the same time.

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